Shoe-buckle holder.



L. HAYES 61 L. D. MCKENZIE.

SHOE BUCKLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25. I918.

Patented Mar. 1919.

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L0 HAYES AND LOUIS D. Jld'oKENZIE, 01 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

SHOE-BUCKLE HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LOREN HAYES and LOUIS D. MCKENZIE, citizens of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Buckle Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to buckle holders and consists of the novel features herein shown, described and claimed.

The principal object of this invention is to make a device for detachably holding a fancy buckle in place upon a pump, slipper,

or the like, so that one buckle may be readil removed and another one applied as desire Figure 1 is a perspective of a pump, slipper, or the like, showing a fancy buckle in position for use in accordance with the principles of our invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional detall on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveof the retainer for holding the buckle in place. I

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary 'erspective of the buckle from the inside and showing a fragment ofthe shoe. I

Fig. 5 is an elevation from the inside and illustrating the operation of removing or applying the buckle.

The retainer 1, shown in Fig. 3, stamped from hard sheet metal so as to be springy, and the retainer consists of the lower half 2 adapted to fit inside of the material of the shoe in front of the instep and having perforations 3, so that the retainer I may be sewed to the shoe, and the upper half 4 having a transverse slot 5, an upper tongue 6 and a lower tongue 7. The tongue 6 extends from one side and above the slot 5, and the tongue 7 extends from the opposite side and below the slot 5. A crossbar seat 8 is pressed outwardly in the tongue 6, and a similar crossbar 9 is pressed outwardly in the tongue 7, the seats 8 and 9 being in vertical alinement. The tongues 6 and 7 are sprung outwardly relative to the body of the material of the upper half 4.

The retainer 1 is placed inside of the material of the shoe 10 with the lower half 2 secured to the shoe by stitching 11 and with the upper half 4 extending above the upper edge 12 of the material 10, and so that the tgngue; 6 and 7 ar parallel with the upper e ge 1 Y The buckle 13 is a fancy substanh'ally rec- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 4, 1919.

Application filed November 25, 1918. Serial No. 264,024.

tangular frame having a rectangular panel opening 14. The panel 15 fits against the inside of the frame to cover the opening let and may have any desired fancy face 16 appearing through the opening 14. The panel 15 is constructed of reasonably stiff material such as a piece of leather, while the frame 13 is preferably metal. A metal cross-bar 17 has its ends secured to the frame 13, and the panel 15 extends through the loop formed by the crossbar, and the crossbar extends across the opening 14 midway between its ends a slight distance back of the panell5. The buckle is applied to the retainer by passing the point of the tongue 6 between the crossbar 17 and the panel 15 with the buckle at an incline, as shown in Fig. 5, then passin the point of the tongue 7 between the cross ar 17 and the panel 15 and then turning the buckle to bring the crossbar 17 into the seats 8 and Q and to bring the lower edge 18 of the panel 15 into contact with the upper edge 12 of the material 10. t

The tension of the springy material will hold the inner face 19 of the lower bar of the buckle against the outer face of the Inaterial 10, and hold the edge 18 of the panel 15 against the edge 12 of the material 10 and hold the buckle securely in place.

When it is desired to remove the buckle, the edge 12 mustbe snap ed behind the corner of the panel 15, as s own in Fig. 5, and the buckle tilted to an inclined position until the point of the tongue is withdrawn from behind the crossbar 17, and

then the buckle moved laterally until the point of the tongue 6 is withdrawn from behind the crossbar. Then a new or different buckle may be applied;

Various changes may be made withou departing from the spirit of our invention as claimed.

We claim: 1. A buckle holder comprising, a retainer having a lower half adapted to fit'inside of the material of a shoe and be secured in place, and an upper half adapted to extend above the upper ed e of the material and having a. transverse s 0t and a tongue extending from one side above the slot, and a second tongue extending from the other side below the slot, said tongues having vertically alined crossbar seats; and a buckle having a vertical crossbar upon its inner side, and a panel'extending through the Ill 0 crossbar inside of the buckle, so that the tongues may be inserted through the space between the crossbar and the panel with the crossbar fitting in the crossbar seats of the tongues and the lower edge of the panel fitting against the upper edge. of the material of the shoe.

l 2. The combination with a buckle frame having a panel opening, of a crossbar extendin across the opening and backwardl from t e frame, a panel inserted throug the crossbar and covering the opening and memes fitting theback side of the frame, a retainer adapted to be secured to a shoe and having a transverse slot, a tongue extending one way above the slot, and a second tongue extending the other way below the slot, there being vertically alined crossbar seats in the tongues.

.In testimony whereof we have signed our 20 names to this specification. 1

LOREN HAYES. LOUIS D. MCKENZIE. 

